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article quoted a deposition by then-Palm Beach Chief of Police Michael Reiter, in which he 
stated that Epstein. a billionaire with many powerful friends. had received special treatment in 
both his plea deal and the terms of his incarceration. Although federal investigators at one point 
produced a draft 53-page indictment against Epstein. he was eventually allowed to plead guilty 
to only two relatively minor state charges and receive a short term of incarceration: 13 months in 
the county jail. during which he went to the office every day, and one year of community control, 
during which he traveled frequently to New York and his private island in the Virgin Islands. 
The Daily Beast has now discovered another instance in which Epstein apparently received 
special consideration: As a convicted sex offender, he is required by law to undergo an impartial 
psychological evaluation prior to sentencing and to receive psychiatric treatment during and after 
incarceration. This is because child molesters tend to be repeat offenders with high rates of 
recidivism. According to a source in law enforcement, however, Epstein was allowed to submit a 
report by his private psychologist, Dr. Stephen Alexander of Palm Beach, Florida, whose phone 
has since been disconnected with no forwarding information. 
The Daily Beast's second article provided details about Epstein's systematic abuse of underage 
girls at his Palm Beach mansion. where members of his staff allegedly recruited and paid a 
parade of teenagers. most of them 16 or younger, to perform daily massages that devolved into 
masturbation, groping, and sometimes full-blown sexual contact. It also revealed a monetary 
relationship between Epstein and Jean Luc Brunel, a frequent visitor to whom he gave SI million 
around the same time that Brunel was starting his MC2 modeling agency. Some of the young 
girls MC2 recruited from overseas—often from Eastern Europe and South America—are known 
to have been passengers on Epstein's private jets. 
The U.S. Attorney General's Office in Florida says that it is against policy to confirm or deny the 
existence of an investigation. Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer, Jack Goldberger. says he has no 
knowledge of an ongoing probe, and he told The Daily Beast. "Jeffrey Epstein has fully 
complied with all state and federal requirements that arise from the prior proceedings in Palm 
Beach. There are no pending civil lawsuits. There are not and should not be any pending criminal 
investigations, given Mr. Epstein's complete fulfillment of all the terms of his non-prosecution 
agreement with the federal government." 
C'onchita Sarnabr has developed multimedia communication programs for Fortune 500 
companies and has produced three current-events debate Tit programs. The Americas Forum. 
From Beirut to Kabul. and a segment for The Oppenheimer Report . She is writing a book about 
child trafficking in America 
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http://www.thedailvbeast.com/articles/2010/07/22/jeffrey-epstein-pedophile-billionaire-and-
his-sex-den.html 
The Billionaire Pedophile's Sex Den 
Hedge fund mogul and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who went free this week, lived in a 
depraved world of thrice-dail masse es, pornographic artwork, and hush money—that's only 
now being revealed. 
reports on the sordid details in part two of her exclusive 
expose. 
Hedge fund mogul and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who went free this week, lived in a 
depraved world of thrice-dail masse es 
ornographic artwork, and hush money—that's 
only now being revealed. 
reports on the sordid details in part two of her 
exclusive exposé. Also: 
• Nude images of young girls were scattered around the house and the bathroom soap was 
shaped like sex organs 
• Staff trolled for fresh recruits to make sure Epstein had two or three massage 
appointments each day 
• The house manager has been sentenced to a longer prison term than Epstein—for trying 
to sell notes regarding massage appointments 
• Epstein gave $1 million to his friend Jean Luc Brunel when he was starting the modeling 
agency MC2 
• According to a former bookkeeper, young girls were brought to the U.S. by MC2—often 
from Eastern Europe—then traveled on Epstein's private jets 
Jeffrey Epstein's loyal friends say that his prosecution was unduly harsh, rather than 
outrageously lenient. They insist that his sexual habits, although obsessive and unusual, were 
mostly legal and essentially harmless. As the police records attest, the girls brought to El Brillo 
Way were routinely told they could "say no" at any time during a massage as Epstein escalated 
contact in a step-by-step assault that was remarkably similar in every victim's statement: First 
she would be asked to remove her shirt, then her pants. Ile would attempt to fondle her buttocks 
and breasts as he masturbated, then bring out a large vibrator. There was sometimes digital 
penetration, and the more willing girls were lured into full-blown sexual relations with both 
Epstein and 
who was referred to in press accounts and police reports as 
Epstein's live-in "sex slave." 
A former bookkeeper in the Miami office, who also arranged visas for girls traveling to the U.S., 
confirmed that MC2 girls became frequent guests on Epstein's private jets. 
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It's true that some underage girls may have lied about their age, and some came to the house 
voluntarily several times—although, according to Florida statutes, none of that has any bearing 
on the criminality of the contact, particularly if the girl was 16 or younger. But what is 
particularly disturbing about this case—judging by arrangements at the Palm Beach house—is 
that Epstein, a billionaire hedge-fund manager, organized his life around this sexual compulsion 
in an open and methodical way that suggests he felt he was beyond the law. 
• 
Epstein Faces Sex Traffic Probe 
• Billionaire Pedophile Goes Free 
According to police who executed a search warrant, the house was decorated with large. framed 
photos of nude young girls, and similar images were found stashed in an armoire and on the 
computers seized at the house (although police found only bare cables where other computers 
had been). Some bathrooms were stocked with soap in the shape of sex organs. and various sex 
toys, such as a "twin torpedo" vibrator and creams and lubricants available at erotic specialty 
shops, were stowed near the massage tables set up in several rooms upstairs. 
E stein also enlisted his staff in the predatory activity, and four
. and --figured 
in the FBI investigation. The Non Prosecution 
Agreement stipulated that they would not be charged. According to police reports and sworn 
statements in the civil suits, all four women, among their other duties, worked to ensure that an 
appointment book for twice- or thrice-daily "massages" was stocked with fresh recruits. 
Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of the late Czechoslovakian-born press baron Robert Maxwell. who 
was for many years Epstein's live-in partner, also recruited young girls. 
Since his 13-month sentence for soliciting prostitution with a minor, Epstein has settled more 
than a dozen lawsuits brought by underage girls. Seven victims reached a last-minute deal last 
week. days before a scheduled trial: each received well over SI million—an amount that will 
hardly dent Epstein's $2 billion net worth. 
The victims told police they waited in the kitchen to be called upstairs for a massage. and the 
house chef often gave them a bite to eat. House manager Alfredo Rodriguez said in his sworn 
statement that a maid named Lupita. who was a devout Catholic, wept when she complained to 
him about cleaning up after the massage sessions, picking up soiled towels and putting away the 
sex toys. And she was upset that a photo of Epstein with the pope hung next to one of him with a 
young girl. 
Ironically. Rodriguez. who ran the house on El Brillo Way in 2004 and 2005, ended up being 
sentenced to more jail time than his boss as a result of the complex investigation into Epstein's 
activities. Ile was fired, he says. for inadvertently drawing police attention to one of the girls 
when she arrived at the house unannounced to collect money. Ile saw an unfamiliar "beater" in 
the driveway one evening and called 911. When he left Epstcin's employ. Rodriguez took away 
some notes and emails about massage appointments as "protection" against his own prosecution. 
and failed to produce them during the Palm Beach Police Department's initial investigation. 
Unable to get work as a house manager elsewhere in South Florida, he says. Rodriguez later tried 
to sell this "golden nugget"—his term—for $50,000, to be used in the victims' civil suits. 
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Unfortunately, he made the offer to an undercover cop. and was subsequently charged with 
"obstruction of official proceedings" for withholding information that could have advanced the 
criminal investigation of Epstein—which by that point had been settled in a plea deal. Rodriguez 
was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison (Epstein was allowed to serve 13 months in the 
Palm Beach county jail), and now awaits an additional sentence on Aug. 24 in federal court in 
Miami for transporting firearms, another deal he says he made to pay the bills after he lost his 
job. 
In a deposition given for the civil suits. Rodriguez testified that he was instructed to always have 
$2,000 in cash on hand, so that he could pay both the girls who gave massages and recruiters 
such as 
who brought them to the house. He also testified that Epstein made large 
contributions to the Palm Beach Police Department, and in return was given PBPD baseball hats 
to put on the dashboard of his various cars to avoid being stopped or ticketed by local police. 
Retired Police Chief Michael Reiter, in his own deposition, acknowledged that, in addition to 
earlier donations to the police department (which are fairly common in well-heeled Palm Beach), 
Epstein had recently given the department $100,000 for some sophisticated equipment. The 
police were still researching the purchase when Epstein came under suspicion, and Reiter 
ordered the money returned. (Guy Frostin, one of Epstein's local attorneys, told police that 
Epstein also gave $100.000 to the Florida Ballet for massages, because he was "very passionate" 
about massages being "therapeutically and spiritually" beneficial. Yet victims told police they 
had no massage training.) 
Perhaps most disturbing, in terms of possible sex trafficking, was Epstein's relationship with 
Jean Luc Brunel. owner of the MC2 modeling agency. According to a complaint filed in the U.S. 
District Court for the Southern Di trict of Florida, an alleged victim said that Epstein, Maxwell. 
Brunel, Rodriguez, and 
"deliberately engaged in a pattern of racketeering that 
involved luring minor children through MC2, mostly girls under the age of 17, to engage in 
sexual play for money." (Which would amount to trafficking.) 
Brunel is a 50-plus French playboy who was formerly part owner of Karin. a Paris-based 
modeling agency. He lives in New York and South Beach, Florida. and owns 85 percent of MC2. 
which has offices in New York, Miami, and Tel Aviv. (The remaining 15 percent is owned by 
his partner, Jeff Fuller.) Brunel has been observed as a house guest at Epstein's Palm Beach 
home and may well have had contact with him also in New York, where Epstein owns a lavish 
home, and in Paris, where Epstein keeps an apartment on elegant Ave. Foch. 
CBS reporter Craig Pyes, who investigated Brunel for a 60 Minutes broadcast many years ago. is 
quoted in Michael Gross' book about the modeling industry, Afodel: The l'uly Business of 
Beautiful Women. Pyes told the author that Brunel "ranks among the sleaziest people in the 
fashion industry. We're talking about a conveyor belt, not a casting couch. Hundreds of girls 
were not only harassed but molested." Now The Daily Beast has learned that Epstein had made a 
$I million wire transfer to Brunel's offshore bank account in September 2004, just as he was 
setting up MC2. Whether this was a gift or a loan or a backdoor investment in the new venture is 
unknown. A French citizen who managed to avoid giving evidence in the Epstein investigation, 
Brunel declined to comment on any of this. as does Fuller. Asked in April of Brunel's activities. 
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Epstein said "I'm 100 percent convinced that he doesn't traffic children." (Brunel has never been 
charged.) 
An American fashion designer who booked her girls through MC2 says they were very young 
and very beautiful; many were from Eastern Europe and spoke little English. A former 
bookkeeper in the agency's Miami office, who also arranged visas for girls traveling to the U.S.. 
confirmed that MC2 girls became frequent guests on Epstein's private jets. 
Pilot logs obtained in the civil suits show that some of the named plaintiffs were on the flight 
manifests. Other times, the pilot would just list the other passengers plus "female." 
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article misidentified the subject of Craig Pyes' 
investigation and the title of Michael Gross' book. The Daily Beast has corrected the subject and 
title and regrets the error. 
Read - 
orieinal report on Epstein. 
has developed multimedia communication programs for Fortune 500 
companies and has produced three current events debate television programs, The Americas 
Forum. From Beirut to Kabul. and a segment for The Oppenheimer Report. She is a contributor 
to The liuffington Post. She is writing a book about child trafficking in America. 
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http://fasbioncopious.typepad.com/fashioncopious/2010/08/mc2-modeling-agency-involved-in-sex-
trafficking.html 
MC2 Modeling Agency Involved In Sex Trafficking 
August 11,2010 
On August 4th Jezebel ran the following story: The Sex- traftickine Model Scout. 
Perhaps most disturbing, in terms of possible sex trafficking. was Epstein's relationship with Jean 
Luc Brunel, owner of the MC2 modeling agency. According to a complaint filed in the U.S. 
District Court for the Southern District of Florida, an alleged victim said that Epstein 
• 
and girlfriend Ghislaine] Maxwell, Brunel. [house manager Alfredo] Rodriguez. and 
'deliberately engaged in a pattern of racketeering that involved luring minor children through 
MC2, mostly girls under the age of 17. to engage in sexual play for money. 
The previous paragraph in the story read: 
and making [speaking of Jeffrey Epstein] frequent $100,000 donations to the Palm Beach Police 
Department would insulate him from prosecution for his various depravities. 
Which included, for the record: b ' 
bear
-old Yugloslavian named 
from her parents in order to keep 
as his "sex slave"; paying a retinue of women to 
trawl Palm Beach for teenagers economically desperate enough to agree to give Epstein 
"massages" that often led to sexual contact; receiving two 12-year-old French girls as a "birthday 
present"; and befriending Michael Wolff. 
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hnp://bettyfokker.wordpress.com/2.010/08/20/hes-helping-others-get-away-with-child-scx-
trafficking/ 
He's helping others get away with child-sex trafficking 
Posted on August 20. 2010 by Petty Fokkr 
Let's discuss that billionaire douche-face child-rapist, JelTrey Epstein for a moment shall 
we? He's someone who likes to have sex with venerable underage girls, including 12 year old 
girls who are trafficked into the US under the guise that they will become models. His partner in 
crime was Jean Luc Brunel owner and 'talent scout' of the MC2 "modeling agency". Epstein 
coincidently invested a million bucks in the MC2 kiddie-rem-fin modeling agency and let 
Brunel use his privet jet. 
The FBI thinks Epstein has assaulted/molested about 40 or so young girls. So he's going to 
prison for the rest of his life right? Wrong. 
When faced with the best defense lawyers money could buy, the prosecutors wimped out and 
made a plea bargain so light it boggles the mind. This kid-raping bastard only had to please 
guilty to two MINOR charges and gets a private cell, a cell he gets to leave on a "work release 
program" by the way. 
Now. I am not blaming his defense attorneys. They were doing their job and, under our 
constitution, a festering anus like Epstein has the right to the best attorneys he can afford. 
am livid with the prosecuting attorneys. It was their job to do everything in their power to bring 
this vomit-inducing shit-sack to justice. Instead, they decided to gutlessly pander to his wealth. 
privilege, and powerful defense team. They rolled over and did everything but send in another 
kid to give this fucker a hand-job. So this vermin got away with raping 12 year old girls because 
the prosecuting attorneys couldn't find a single testicle/ovary to share among them. 
And do you know what their chicken-shit kowtowing to Epstein has wrought? It's opened the 
door for other child-sex traffickers to get filthier sentences for their crimes too. Why should they 
have to pay when he didn't? After all, it was just girls they were trafficking for sex with 
disgusting older males (I refuse to call something like Epstein a "man": it insults men) ... they 
weren't harming anything of any value in our culture! 
I'm a feminist because I think girls & women have value. What a crying, fucking shame there 
wasn't one feminist in the prosecutors office to go after this monster and punish him. What a pity 
other hell-spawn might get away with trafficking girls for sex more easily because of the shit-
for-brains attorneys who let Epstein get away with his crimes. 
My eyeballs are melting with rage. 
Never mind. They aren't melting. It's just tears of helpless and despairing rage against an unjust 
legal system and the cultural devaluation of women and girls. 
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,leffrev Epstein, the billionaire Bill Clinton pal who just left jail after completing a sentence for 
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Epstein, famous for being rich, being friends ‘v ith Bill Clinton having an egg-shaped penis. and 
being a vindictive pervert, can't be 
for the charges he copped to in his plea deal. 
But according to the Daily Beast's 
new charges might be coming: 
As we learned in Vanity Fair yesterday. Bill Clinton has spent his post-presidential life...Read 
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Federal investigators continue to investigate Epstein's activities, to see whether there is evidence 
of child trafficking-a far more serious charge than the two in his non-prosecution agreement, the 
arrangement between Epstein and the Department of Justice allowing him to plead guilty to 
lower-level state crimes. Trafficking can carry a 20-year sentence. 
Since there's no statute of limitations for sex-trafficking, and Epstein's predatory adventures 
apparently date back more than a few years, it's likely there's more women who could come 
forward. (Apparently some have contacted a lawyer, but nothing's been filed yet.) 
It's not just Epstein, either—his buddy Jean Luc Brunel, head of the MC2 modeling agency, is 
also being investigated, and some of the models he represented (many from overseas) may have 
been enlisted as companions on Epstein's private jet. 
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lutp://www.huffingtonpost.corn/2014/06/03/jeffrey-epstein_n_5439407.htm I 
MIAMI (AP) — Nearly a decade ago, a wealthy financial guru came under FBI investigation. 
suspected of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls at his Palm Beach mansion. Then, 
abruptly, the investigation was dropped and Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to a single state 
charge of soliciting prostitution. He served just over a year in jail. 
Now, two women who say they were among his victims have won a precedent-setting appeals 
court ruling entitling them to see all the documents from the plea bargain discussions between 
Epstein's high-powered lawyers and federal prosecutors. 
Their goal: use those tiles to undo the agreement. reopen the investigation and subject Epstein to 
more charges. 
The women's lawyers contend Epstein got special treatment because of his wealth and 
connections. His attorneys deny that. 
Epstein. 61. made hundreds of millions of dollars managing funds for rich clients. Shortly after 
his 2008 guilty plea. it came to light that his lawyers had secretly reached a non-prosecution 
agreement months earlier with the U.S. .lustice Department that spared him a potentially heavier 
punishment. 
"Our complaint alleges that, prodded by Epstein. the federal prosecutors deliberately concealed 
the sweetheart plea deal they made with him to avoid public criticism." said Paul Cassell. a 
University of Utah law professor who is representing the two women. 
The U.S. attorney's office in Miami would not comment. But the U.S. attorney at the time. R. 
Alexander Acosta. said in a 2011 letter defending his office that more evidence came to light 
after Epstein made his deal. 
"Many victims have spoken out. filing detailed statements in civil cases seeking damages. 
Physical evidence has been discovered." Acosta wrote. "Had these additional statements and 
evidence been known. the outcome may have been different." 
Epstein has settled lawsuits for undisclosed amounts with many of the women who say they were 
underage when they were paid for sex. 
The case represents the first time a federal appeals court has ruled that the Crime Victims' Rights 
Act of 2004 guarantees victims the right to be informed about the details of how a plea bargain 
was reached. according to legal experts and lawyers involved in the case. The law marked the 
culmination of efTons begun in the 1960s to give crime victims more of a say. 
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"I hope that the case will ultimately set an important precedent that federal prosecutors can't keep 
victims in the dark about the plea deals that they reach? Cassell said. 
Epstein served 13 months of an 18-month sentence on the prostitution charge. sold his Palm 
Beach home in 2011 and now divides his time between a New York City home. a Caribbean 
island and an apartment in Paris. according to court documents. He also has a large New Mexico 
ranch. 
He donates huge sums each year. particularly toward projects involving new medical treatments 
and artificial intelligence. His foundation established a Harvard University program that uses 
mathematics to study evolutionary biology. viruses and disease. 
According to lawsuits filed by some of his accusers. Epstein relied on assistants to recruit 
underage girls to give him massages and perform sex acts. They were usually paid about $200. 
Seine girls were notified about the investigation beginning in 2006. But they weren't told about 
the negotiations with federal prosecutors for at least nine months, despite a requirement in the 
Crime Victims' Rights Act that they be kept informed. The two women — who were 13 and 14 
when the alleged assaults occurred — sued for the files and won. 
"Although plea negotiations are vital to the functioning of the criminal justice system. a 
prosecutor and target of a criminal prosecution do not enjoy a relationship of confidence and 
trust when they negotiate." the appeals court said. 
Federal prosecutors have begun turning over the documents. 
Epstein's attorney. Roy Black, the celebrity lawyer who is also representing Justin Bieber in his 
DUI and resisting-arrest case in Miami Beach. declined to comment but has asked that the 
documents be kept from public view. and so far they have been. 
In a May 23 court filing. Black said that there was no conspiracy between prosecutors and 
Epstein's team to violate the victims' rights law and that the non-prosecution agreement 
contained many provisions Epstein strongly opposed. such as registering as a sex offender and 
agreeing not to contest certain lawsuits. 
"This was no sweetheart deal by any stretch of the imagination." Black said in court papers. 
Even if a judge invalidates the plea deal, it will still be up to federal prosecutors to decide what 
to do. 
"The court can't force the prosecutors to bring charges." said Man Alexrod. a former federal 
prosecutor now in private practice in Washington. 
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Communications expert 
Regulating Modeling Agencies to Help 
Prevent Child Sex Trafficking 
Posted: 02/10/2012 8:49 pm 
In 2010, Jezebel, an online site, published "The Sex Trafficking Model Scout" warning about the 
dangers of deregulated modeling agencies in the U.S. 
Given the growing number of modeling agencies that transport underage teenagers from foreign 
countries into the United States and the growing sex trade of underage girls in the U.S. why does 
this industry remain deregulated? 
Since the advent of this business, modeling agencies have had free reign to scout teenagers from 
every state in the country as well as every nation in the world. Many of these teenage girls come 
from economically disadvantaged families and are offered none to very limited protection while 
traveling and working as "models." 
Jezebel reported that Jean Luc Brunel, one of the cast of characters involved in the ongoing 
Jeffrey Epstein (a level 3 registered sex offender), eight-year-long case, has been working for 
over two decades with a succession of agencies in New York and Paris. According to media 
reports, Diane Sawyer produced a segment for CBS's 60 Minutes featuring a sex scandal that 
eventually led Eileen Ford (founder of renowned Ford modeling agency) to stop working with 
Brunel. 
Bruncl's latest venture is the modeling agency MC2 based in South Beach. Fla. with satellite 
offices in New York and Tel Aviv. Since his agency is deregulated and "no criminal charges 
have been filed by any of his accusers" — although many have tried to serve him including 
lawyers representing Epstein's victims, Brunel continues to hide behind his French citizenship to 
prevent depositions. "Trawling for 5'1 I" underage teenagers to work for his agency. MC2, or 
anyone else who requests. Brunel is free to scout for very young girls without limitations." Given 
his citizenship he also successfully avoided deposition in Epstein's sex related cases. 
Like so many other reporters who have tried to report his side of the story when Jezebel 
contacted Brunel. "he did not respond to our interview request." According to Jezebel: 
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we spoke to a number of people who worked with his agency and while MC2 isn't considered a 
major industry player, it isn't exactly bottom-shelf, either... Brunel isn't involved with the 
business on a day-to-day basis, although he owns an 85 percent stake in MC2. Instead, he does 
scouting for the agency and takes care of the international relations with other agencies, reports 
one source. Scouts scour the world for unrepresented teenage girls who could make it as models. 
They work largely unsupervised and are generally paid a headhunting fee for every girl an 
agency signs. Even when affiliated with an agency, as Brunel obviously is with MC2, scouts 
operate mostly independently and with little oversight. The company blog refers to Brunel as a 
'scouting tsunami' and MC2 is fairly well known for the strength of its international scouting. 
Model, Michael Gross's 1995 book, describes Brunet's activities in Paris from the late 1970s 
onwards, when he worked for, and eventually owned, the modeling agency Karin. "Jean-Luc is 
considered a danger." says Jen5me Bonnouvrier. "Owning Karin was a dream for a playboy. His 
problem is that he knows exactly what girls in trouble are looking for. He's always been on the 
edge of the system." 
John Casablancas, founder of Elite modeling agency said: 
I really despise Jean-Luc as a human being for the way he's cheapened the business. There is no 
justice. This is a guy who should be behind bars. There was a little group, Jean-Luc. Patrick 
Gilles, and Varsano. They were very well known in Paris for roaming the clubs. They would 
invite girls and put drugs in their drinks. Everybody knew they were creeps? Casablancas was a 
professional rival who was pushed out of his agency for questionable concerns. 
Katie Ford human trafficking abolitionist and Eileen Ford's daughter, talked to the Wall Street 
Journal magazine. In that stun "A Model Trade Union," Ford describes herself as a "roving 
ambassador" to help stop human trafficking. Ford sold her stake in the family business in 2007 to 
the private equity firm Stone Tower Equity. "In her new life as a nearly full-time, unpaid, roving 
ambassador for the cause her job is an outgrowth of her former work, rather than a repudiation of 
it. or an atonement. 
Her interest in human trafficking began when a representative of the United Nations called to ask 
if she would participate in a women's leadership group that was studying the issue of trafficking. 
"I said, 'I can't come talk about it, because I don't know anything about it!'" Ford recalls. "But 
went, and after two hours. I knew why I was there. The way people traffic across borders is 
parallel to the way we recruit models. According to Ford "the target age is 14 to 24. and so it's 
similar to modeling." I knew how to reach that market" she said. "It was the feeling of: There but 
for the grace of God... The girls who came to us could have been those girls." 
http://jezebel.com/5603638/meet-the-modeling-agent-who-traffieked-underage-girls-for-sex 
The Sex-Trafficking Model Scout 
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xpand 
Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier who the FBI believes molested around 40 underaged 
girls, was assisted by a prominent modeling agent and scout. Here's what we know about Jean 
Luc Brunel. 
Jeffrey Epstein, you will no doubt recall, is the man who thought ferrying Bill Clinton on his 
private jet, lawyering up with superstar Alan Dershowitz, and making frequent SI00,000 
donations to the Palm Beach Police Department would insulate him from prosecution for his 
various depravities. 
Say you're not as famous or celebrated as Roman Polanski and you want to sexually 
assault...Read inure 
Which included, for the record: bu in a 4- ear-old Yugloslavian named 
from her parents in order to keep 
as his "sex slave"; paying a retinue of women to 
trawl Palm Beach for teenagers economically desperate enough to agree to give Epstein 
"massages" that often led to sexual contact; receiving two 12-year-old French girls as a "birthday 
present"; and befriending Michael Wolff. 
But as 
wrote at The Daily Beast: 
Perhaps most disturbing, in terms of possible sex trafficking. was Epstein's relationship with Jean 
Luc Brunel, owner of the MC2 modeling agency. According to a complaint filed in the U.S. 
District Court for the Southern District of Florida, an alleged victim said that Epstein 
and girlfriend Ghislaine] Maxwell, Brunel, [house manager Alfredo] Rodriguez. and 
'deliberately engaged in a pattern of racketeering that involved luring minor children through 
MC2, mostly girls under the age of 17, to engage in sexual play for money.' 
The FBI investigated Epstein. and identified around 40 underaged victims. Samoff reports that 
the FBI is also investigating MC2 and Brunel for possibly engaging in child sex trafficking. 
Since pleading guilty to reduced charges of soliciting sex with a minor and serving 13 months of 
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part-time jail. Epstein has become the focus of numerous civil lawsuits from his victims. He has 
so far settled a dozen. 
These same civil complaints allege that young girls from South America, Europe. and the former 
Soviet republics, few of whom spoke English. were recruited for Esptein's sexual pleasure. 
According to a former bookkeeper, a number of the girls worked for MC2, the modeling agency 
owned by Jean Luc Brunel, a longtime acquaintance and frequent guest of Epstein's. 
Brunel, along with numerous young models, was a frequent passenger on Epstein's private jet, 
according to flight manifests. The agency owner also allegedly received SI million from Epstein 
in 2005, when he founded MC2 with his partner. Jeffrey Fuller; although Fuller and Brunel 
denied any such payment from the billionaire pervert in 2007, when rumors started swirling, 
Samoff got confirmation from a former bookkeeper at the agency. Whether the money was a 
secret investment in MC2, or a payment for Brunel's services as a procurer. is unknown. Brunel 
also %isited Epstein in jail. 
So who is Jean Luc Brunel? Although he did not respond to our interview request, we spoke to a 
number of people who have worked with his agency. While MC2 isn't considered a major 
industry player, it isn't exactly bottom-shelf, either: MC2 in New York most recently launched 
the career of Latvian editorial star Ginta Lapina (Brunel "discovered" Lamina via an MC2 
scoutint! competition for young teens) and currently represents Vogue China covergirl Liu Dan. 
Worldwide, MC2 represents such stars as Sessilec Lopez in Miami. and top models Candace 
Swanepoel, Marina Lynchuk, Natalia Chabanenko. and Elisa Sednaoui in Tel Aviv. 
Brunel isn't involved with the business on a day-to-day basis, although he owns an 85% stake in 
MC2. Instead. "Right now he does scouting for [the] agency and takes care of the international 
relations with other agencies." reports one source. Scouts scour the world for un-agented 
teenaged girls who could make it as models; they work largely unsupervised and are generally 
paid a headhunting fee for every girl an agency signs. Even when affiliated with an agency, as 
Brunel obviously is with MC2, scouts operate mostly independently and with little oversight —
even relative to the almost totally unregulated modeling industry itself. "He travels a lot." says 
another person who has worked with Brunel. (The company blog refers to Brunel as a "scoutin 
tsunami." and MC2 is fairly well-known for the strength of its international scouting.) 
Models we spoke to report mostly positive experiences with Brunel 
one praised his sense of 
humor and said he is "lovely to all of his models," and another described him as highly 
intelligent and cultured, adding, "he knows a lot about the opera and he paints" — although it 
should be noted that none of the models whom we spoke to had been told of either his 
connections with Epstein. or his past. 
And what a past it is. These accounts from Michael Gross' 1995 book Model describe Brunel's 
activities in Paris from the late I 970s onwards, when he worked for, and eventually owned, the 
modeling agency Karins. now known as Karin Paris: 
"Jean-Luc is considered a danger." says Jerome Bonnouvrier. "Owning Karins was a dream for a 
playboy. His problem is that he knows exactly what girls in trouble are looking for. He's always 
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been on the edge of the system. John Casablancas gets with girls the healthy way. Girls would be 
with him if he was the butcher. They're with Jean-Luc because he's the boss. Jean-Luc likes 
drugs and silent rape. It excites him." 
"I really despise Jean-Luc as a human being for the way he's cheapened the business," says John 
Casablancas. "There is no justice. This is a guy who should be behind bars. There was a little 
group, Jean-Luc. Patrick Gilles, and Varsano...They were very well-known in Paris for roaming 
the clubs. They would invite girls and put drugs in their drinks. Everybody knew they were 
creeps." 
It should be noted that aside from being a professional rival. Casablancas, the founder of the 
agency Elite. was eventually drubbed out of the industry for his own modelizing. How pervy do 
you have to be for John Casablancas to call you a perv? 
Pervy enough to drug and rape numerous teenagers. according to 60 Minutes and Diane Sawyer, 
who investigated Brunel in 1988. The program interviewed nearly two dozen models who said 
they had been sexually assaulted by Brunel and/or by his fellow agent, Claude Haddad. Even at 
that time. Brunel had a reputation as a man one could go to to procure a "date" with a young 
model. CBS spoke to five models who said that Brunel and/or his friends had drugged and raped 
them. Said producer Craig Pyes, "Hundreds of girls were not only harassed, but molested." 
When Gross interviewed Brunel. this is what he had to say for himself: 
"You get laid tonight with a model, is that a crime? I don't understand why people go into your 
personal life, what you do yourself. and to yourself. and they don't look at things that are really 
important." 
Since then. Brunel has been involved with a succession of agencies in New York and Paris. 
Although the 60 Minutes scandal eventually led Eileen Ford to stop working with him, he 
continued his involvement with Karins. In 1988. when powerhouse agency Next opened its 
doors, Brunel took an ownership stake. He also "discovered" Christy Turlington when she was 
14. MC2 is only his latest venture. Because no criminal charges were ever filed by any of his 
accusers. and because the industry has a short memory — most models working today weren't 
even born when Sawyer and Pyes started looking into Brunel's activities — Brunel has been free 
to continue as he pleases. A French citizen, he even avoided testifying in his friend Epstein's 
trial. 
And so Brunel is still criss-crossing the globe. trawling for 5'10" I3-year-olds from Eastern 
Europe and (the whiter Darts ol) South America. And apparently taking the occasional ride with 
them on Epstein's private jet. Is there any better argument for the regulation of the modeling 
industry? 
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Jeffrey Epstein's Level 3 sex offender status 
upheld by NY appeals court 
By Dareh Gregorian 
November 18, 2011 5:00am 
Multimillionaire pery Jeffrey Epstein may not consider his Florida conviction for soliciting a 
minor a big deal, but New York does. 
A state appeals court yesterday upheld the financier's status as a Level 3 sex offender —
meaning he's considered "a threat to public safety" and a "high risk" to offend again. 
Epstein, 58, did 13 months in a Florida jail for soliciting a minor to perform a sex act on him 
during a "massage." 
Although he was never indicted or convicted for hiring any other underage girls. the state 
Appellate Division found there was "clear and convincing evidence" he had indeed done so. 
making the Level 3 designation appropriate. 
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http://pagesix.com/2007/10/06/model-shop-denies-epstein-tie/ 
MODEL SHOP DENIES EPSTEIN TIE 
By PageSix.com Staff - October 6.2007 I 9:00am 
TIIE owners of MC2 models are denying industry speculation that massage maven Jeffrey 
Epstein is a secret financial backer of the agency being run by scandal-scarred Jean-Luc 
Brunel, who was once accused of taking advantage of underage models. 
Epstein, who this week agreed to plead guilty to soliciting underage prostitutes at his Florida 
mansion in a deal that will send him to prison for about 18 months. reportedly gave "millions" to 
start MC2, which opened in October 2005 with offices in New York. Miami and Tel Aviv. One 
of the girls Epstein, 54, was accused of soliciting massages from was described in court 
documents as being just 14. 
"E equals MC squared ... get it, like the equation? E equals Epstein. He just thinks everyone is 
too dumb to figure it out," said a model industry insider. "He's a desperate old man that 
fantasizes and takes advantage of young girls." 
The trouble doesn't stop there. 
Karins Models founder Brunel, 
currently a partner in MC2, denied allegations in a 1997 
"60 Minutes" segment that he took advantage of young models who were high on drugs. Brunel 
also reportedly left his Trump Tower digs in 1999 after complaints of night carousing, which he 
also denied. 
Disgraced former Elite models exec Gerald Marie is also involved with MC2. says our source. 
Marie was accused of having sex with underage models in a 1999 BBC documentary where he 
was filmed saying he hoped to seduce contestants in a modeling contest in which the average age 
of participants was IS. He also dated Linda Evangelista when she was a teen. 
"He's also involved in the agency." said the source. "Gerald and Jean-Luc like the same things. 
They hang out because they have young girls in common. like two guys who enjoy the same 
wine." 
MC2 president Jeffrey Fuller confirmed Brunel was a partner in the company. but denied any 
working relationship with either Epstein or Marie. 
"We have no relationship business-wise with Gerald Marie. Jeffrey Epstein has no ownership or 
involvement in our company and never has. Jean-Luc Brunel and I are the only two partners and 
owners of MC2 Model Management." Fuller said. 
Epstein's rep said he was not involved in the agency. "He has no business relationship with 
them," said Howard Rubenstein. 
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http://www.palmbeachdailynews.cominews/news/lawsuit-documents-link-jeffrey-epstein-
to-modeling/nMGO4/ 
Lawsuit documents link Jeffrey Epstein to 
modeling agency owner Jean Luc Brunel 
By Michele Daman 
Daily News Staff Writer 
New court filings in a civil case filed by billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein link Epstein and 
Jean Luc Brunel. owner of modeling agency MC2. 
The documents say MC2 employees told attorney Brad Edwards that Epstein's condos at 301 E. 
66th St. in New York City were used to house young models. 
Edwards, who has sued Epstein on behalf of several women claiming to be victims of sex abuse 
by Epstein, was told MC2 brought underage girls in from all over the world, promising them 
modeling contracts. 
"Epstein and Brunel would then obtain a visa for these girls, then would charge the underage 
girls rent." the documents say. 
Through the investigation of his lawsuits against Epstein, Edwards leaned Brunel "runs the 
modeling agency MC2, a company for which Epstein provides financial support." the documents 
say. 
They also allege Epstein tried to thwart Edwards from taking depositions of Brunel, Epstein's 
companion Guislaine Maxwell. and other high-profile names such as President Bill Clinton. 
Details are listed in more than 62 pages filed by attorney Jack Scarola on behalf of Edwards in 
the lawsuit Epstein filed against Edwards. Edwards represents four of Epstein's minor victims. 
three of whom have settled their cases with Epstein under a confidential agreement. 
Epstein attorneys Christopher Knight and Joseph Ackerman declined to comment Friday on the 
court filings. 
Edwards deposed Brunel. but his attorney delayed it and then said he was back in France with no 
plans to return. But according to the court papers, Brunel was staying with Epstein in Palm 
Beach during that period. 
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The court filings describe Brunel as one of Epstein's closest pals. 
Regarding Maxwell. the documents refer to sworn testimony by Epstein's former house 
manager, Alfredo Rodriguez, explaining how Maxwell took photos of girls without the girls' 
knowledge, "kept the images on her computer, knew the names of the underage girls and their 
respective phone numbers and other underage victims." 
According to the documents: Maxwell allegedly lied about her mother being ill and having to fly 
back to England one day before a scheduled deposition in Edwards' case against Epstein. 
Despite that assertion, Maxwell was captured in a photo for OK magazine. attending the wedding 
of Chelsea Clinton two days later. 
Epstein has settled more than two dozen lawsuits and claims against him by young women who 
say they were lured to his El Brillo Way mansion as teens to give him sexually charged massages 
and/or sex in exchange for money. The terms of all settlements are confidential. 
Rodriguez took a journal from Epstein's computer that listed the names of his underage victims 
from around the country and the world. Calling it the "Holy Grail," Rodriguez tried to sell the 
journal for $50,000 to victims' attorneys. He pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and is 
serving 18 months in federal prison. 
Epstein. 57, served 13 months of an I8-month state sentence. Ile ended his one-year probation in 
July on state charges of soliciting prostitution and soliciting a minor for prostitution. 
According to flight logs from Epstein's private planes. Clio Af
leveral times on Epstein's 
planes, many times with Maxwell, Palm Beach resident 
and Adriana Mucinska —
"all employees and/or co-conspirators of Epstein's,'" according to the court papers. 
The documents show that Clinton flew with Epstein. "then suddenly stopped — raising the 
suspicion that the friendship abruptly ended ... 
"Epstein's personal phone directory from his computer contains - 
dresses for Clinton 
along with 21 phone numbers for him ... and what appears to be 
personal numbers," the 
court papers say. 
Allegations in the documents say Epstein threatened victims — including Edwards' client Jane 
Doe — despite no-contact orders in effect. 
Epstein had Doe tailed by a private investigator as her trial date neared, the court filings say. One 
time, Doc was so frightened that she fled her home in the company of a retired police officer and 
was taken to a hiding place. according to the court papers. 
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That Gorgeous Underage Model May Be A 
Slave: Regulation For Agencies To Stop Child 
Sex Trafficking 
First came the knowledge that slaves still existed and were present in larger numbers than ever 
before. Then the realization that a human being could be purchased within a few hours of my 
home for under S100. Now only a few miles away In the following years I've been learning the 
myriad forms, places and types of slavery. The list keeps lengthening and with each new form 
ito me), I learn about , it knocks me down, one more time. 
Slavery 
Debt Bondage 
Sexual Slavery 
Child Brides 
Forced Labor 
Child Soldiers 
Adoption Trafficking 
Organ Trafficking 
Trafficked Athletes 
And now a new one / should have seen coming. 
Those very young, foreign models you see? Some of them were trafficked by model scouts who 
literally trawled through some of the most destitute and vulnerable people on earth for them. The 
same methods as other predatory traffickers: Go to politically or economically unstable areas: 
locate 5'11"beautiful young girls; buy them, import them, own them, use them. 
Horrible irony to have images that portray us to the world possibly be of slaves. 
It's hard to think of an area of our society that doesn't admire seeing it's most vaunted members 
with a model on their arm. While this observation does not imply that those people were 
trafficked, imagine how simple that makes it to approach a child or it's family anywhere in the 
world and offer them this in return for absolute control. 
All ite traffickers have to do is pull out a magazine or phone with videos on it. 
I'm not shocked at traffickers using this method of promises to lure unsuspecting girls into 
slavery, I've seen it, read about it, studied it. I'm in shock that it flourishes in the most visible, 
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